πατραλοίας
δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
English (LSJ)
gen. α and ου, ὁ, voc. -αλοῖα: (άω):—one who slays or strikes his father, parricide, Ar.Nu.911, 1327, Ra.274, Lys.10.8, Pl.Phd.114a, Sph.241d, etc.: as fem., Hld. 10.38:—sts. written πατραλῴας or πατρολῴας( πατρ-λώας, πατρ-λόας) in codd., as 1 Ep.Ti. 1.9, J.AJ16.11.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 535] ὁ, = Folgdm; Plat. Phaed. 144 a; Lys. 10, 8; Arist. rhet. 2, 11, 2. – Bei Heliod. 10, 38 auch fem., τὴν ἀθέμιτον ἐμὲ καὶ πατραλοίαν.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου;
adj. m.
meurtrier de son père, parricide.
Étymologie: πατήρ, ἀλοιάω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πατρᾰλοίας: γεν. α καὶ ου, ὁ, κλητ. -λοῖα· (ἀλοιάω)· - ὁ φονεύων ἢ δέρων τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα, πατροκτόνος, Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. 911. 1327, Βάτρ. 247, Λυσίας 116. 43, Πλάτ., κτλ.· ὡς θηλ. Ἡλιόδ. 10. 38.- Φέρεται πατρᾰλῴας ἐν τοῖς Σχολ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Νεφ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ., κτλ.
Greek Monolingual
και πατραλῴας και πατρολῴας και πατραλώας και πατρολόας, ὁ, Α
ο φονέας του πατέρα του ή αυτός που δέρνει, που κακοποιεί μέχρι θανάτου τον πατέρα του.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πατήρ, -τρός + -αλοίας (< ἀλοιῶ, επικ. τ. του ἀλοῶ «χτυπώ, μαστιγώνω» < ἀλωή «αλώνι»), πρβλ. μητρ-αλοίας].
Greek Monotonic
πατρᾰλοίας: γεν. -α και -ου, ὁ, κλητ. -ἀλοῖα (ἀλοιάω)· αυτός που σκοτώνει τον πατέρα του, πατροκτόνος, σε Αριστοφ. κ.λπ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πατρᾰλοίας: ου и α ὁ отцеубийца Arph., Lys., Plat.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πατραλοίας -ου, ὁ [πατήρ, ἀλοιάω] vadermoordenaar.
Middle Liddell
ἀλοιάω
one who slays his father, a parricide, Ar., etc.